Curtain and shade hanger



E. J.- CORRIGAN.

cumm AND SHADE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 5, I919- Patented June 22, 1920.

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EDWARD J. CORRIGAN, or NEWPORT News, VIRGINIA.

CURTAIN AND SHADE HANGER.

Application filed September 5 1919. Serial No. 321,845.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. CoRnIGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newport News, inthe county of \Varwick and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain and Shade I-Iangers, of which the following is a specification. r

This invention relates to a combined curtain and shade hanger and hasas one of its.

provide a hanger employing an inner shade supporting arm adapted to be bent about .the front inner corner of a casing at the adjacent side thereof so as to project inwardly along the side of the casing in active position and wherein the effective length of the arm may be varied for varying the position of the inner shade with respect to the window sash simply by varyingr the position of the bend in the arm with. respect to the length thereof.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a hanger wherein theiinner shade will serve to prevent displacement of the arm from the hanger body while the arm will, in turn, yieldably bear against the shade to overcome any undue looseness.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view showing a pair of my improved hangers in connection with a conventional type of window, the window being shown in section;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken centrally through the device, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the device in detail.

In carrying the invention into effect, my improved hanger is formed with a body portion or plate 10 preferably formed of suitable resilient sheet metal and provided at one end with a laterally directed spring jaw 11. The side margins of the body plate are bent inwardly toward each other to form flanges 12 and slidable beneath said flanges is a plate 13. This plate is also preferably formed of suitable resilient sheet metal and its outer end is provided with a laterally directed spring jaw 14 confront- :Specification of Letters Patent.

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ingthejaw 11. The outer end of the body if plate and the inner end of the plate 13 are formed with forwardly directed -lugs15 and 16 respectively and loosely fitted through the lug 15 is an adjusting screw 17 threaded through the lug 16.- Thus, as will be clear,

by manipulation of this screw, the plate 13 may be slidably moved upon the body plate and the jaw 1 1 consequently adjusted with respect to the jaw 11.

At the outer end of the body plate ll),

portions of the flanges 12 are extended to form forwardly directed parallel arms 18 bent at their outer end portions to form loops and adjustably slidable through these loops is a curtain pole supporting bracket 19 held in adjusted position by abinding screw 20 carried by the lowermost of the loops. Slldable beneath the 'flanges 12 of 'ever, the plate is malleable in considerable degree so that the arm may bebenttransversely at different points along its length into substantially L shape when by engaging the inner end portion of the arm beneath the flanges 12 at the inner end of the body plate, the outer end portion of the arm will extend rearwardly at substantially right angles to the body plate. The arm is, of course, slidably fitted beneath said flanges so that the arm may, when desired, be easily removed and, if preferred, the arm may be initially furnished unbent or straight so that the user may bend the arm to suit the conditions of any particular window. In this connection it will be noted that by changing the position of the bend in the arm with respect to the length thereof, the effective length of the arm may be varied. Formed in the arm adjacent its free end is a socket 23 for receiving a trunnion of a shade roller.

In Fig. 1 I have shown a pair of my improved devices in position upon a conventional type of window including a casing having side portions 24 and front strips 25. The window sash are indicated at 26. In applying the hangers the jaws 11 and 14 thereof are first spread apart so as to embrace op posite vertical edges of the casing strips 25, one hanger being arranged hori- 75 the bodyplate is a forwardly directed shade v zontally at each side of the casing, when by properly adjusting the screws 17 the hanger jaws will be drawn toward each other into engagement with said strips for rigidly supporting the hangers in position. A curtain pole may then, as conventionally illustrated at 27, be engaged with the brackets 19 for supporting a curtain in front of the window. Similarly, a shade 28 may be engaged with the brackets 21 to be supported behind the curtain close to the window casing,

Assuming now that the arms 22 have been furnished unbent, it will be seen that the arms may be engaged at their inner end portions beneath the flanges 12 of the hangers when the free end portions of the arms may be bent toextend rearwardly to confront the side portions 24' of the casing. Consequently an inner shade, as conventionally illustrated at 29, may then be arranged to extend between the arms to be supported thereby immediately in front of the window sash. The position of the inner shade with respect to the sash may, as will be clear in View of the preceding description, be varied by varying theefiecting length of the arms while compensation for different length shades may be made by simply flexing the free end portions of the arms. In this con nection it will be observed that due to the resiliency of the arms, the free end portions .thereofwill yieldably bear against the ends of the shade so as to overcome any undue looseness. Furthermore, the presence of the shade between the arms will prevent accidental displacement of the arms and will retain the arms in position with the bends thereof seatin flat against the jaws 14C of the hanger bodies. Consequently, these jaws will thus serve to brace 0r reinforce the free end portions of the arms and prevent undue strain upon the arms at the bends therein.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a shade hanger, the combination with a hanger body provided with a rearwardly directedj aw, and a plate adjustably slidable upon the hanger body and provided with a rearwardly directed jaw to coact with the first jaw for securing the device in active position, of a bent arm engaged at one end portion thereof with the hanger body with its bend fitting the jaw of said plate and the other end portion thereof extending rearwardly from the hanger body forsupporting a shade.

2. In a shade hanger, the combination with a hanger body .provided witha rearwardly directed jaw, and a plate adjustably slidable upon the hanger body and provided with a rearwardly directed jaw to coact with the first jaw for securing the-device in active position, of a bendable arm provided at one end'portion thereof with means for supporting a shade andbeingengageable at its opposite endportion with the hanger body whereby the arm may be bent to fit the jaw of said plate having the, first end portion thereof extending rearwardly from the hanger body.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDWARD J. CORRIGAN. 1,. 5. 

